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Infant Shoots, Kills Cop Father
Josey1
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A tragic accident. But I wonder what safety rules were broken? And I wonder how it is that the gun-ban advocates think there is some magic that goes with a badge that makes police safer, less mistake prone, etc. than the concerned citizen who gets licensed, takes training, searches for safe arms, practices often, and maintains his equipment well?
Infant Shoots, Kills Cop FatherSMYRNA, Tenn. (Reuters) - A 22-year-old policeman was killed by his 3-year-old son when the boy picked up his father's gun off the kitchen table and accidentally fired, police said Friday.Joshua Haffner, who had recently joined the Smyrna Police Department, returned home Thursday from night shift duty, put down his gun, and was struck in the back by a bullet fired by his unidentified son, police spokeswoman Barbara Wilford said.Haffner was taken by helicopter to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he died a short time later. He had graduated recently from the Metro Police Academy.Smyrna is a town of 14,000 southeast of Nashville. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/nm/20020104/ts/crime_policeman_dc_1.html
Infant Shoots, Kills Cop FatherSMYRNA, Tenn. (Reuters) - A 22-year-old policeman was killed by his 3-year-old son when the boy picked up his father's gun off the kitchen table and accidentally fired, police said Friday.Joshua Haffner, who had recently joined the Smyrna Police Department, returned home Thursday from night shift duty, put down his gun, and was struck in the back by a bullet fired by his unidentified son, police spokeswoman Barbara Wilford said.Haffner was taken by helicopter to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he died a short time later. He had graduated recently from the Metro Police Academy.Smyrna is a town of 14,000 southeast of Nashville. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/nm/20020104/ts/crime_policeman_dc_1.html